BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3941
lap.pi.dot — Lappidoth
A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jdg.4.4; married to Deborah (H1683H) § Lapidoth = "torches" the husband of Deborah the prophetess in the time of the judges
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Torches. Deborah is called “the wife of Lapidoth” (Judg. 4:4). Some have rendered the expression “a woman of a fiery spirit,” under the supposition that Lapidoth is not a proper name, a woman of a torch-like spirit.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
